USB Implementers Forum announces USB 4, which offers a maximum speed of 40 Gbps, double that of USB 3.2, and support for Thunderbolt 3
Double the speed of USB 3.2 up to 40 Gbps — Hot on the heels of USB 3.2 receiving a confusing Gen 2x2 suffix, the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) …
Sources: Huawei is preparing to sue the US government for banning federal agencies from using the company's products
SHANGHAI — The Chinese electronics giant Huawei is preparing to sue the United States government for banning federal agencies from using the company's products, according to two people familiar with t...
Facebook has urged users to enable phone number-based 2FA, but the numbers are used in a user lookup feature with no opt out and to target ads, sparking outcry
Users are complaining that the phone number Facebook hassled them to use to secure their account with two-factor authentication …
W3C approves WebAuthn as the official web standard for password-free logins; WebAuthn is supported by Edge, Chrome, and Firefox, and is in Safari preview
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) today declared that the Web Authentication API (WebAuthn) is now an official web standard.
The Momo Challenge sensation has mostly reflected the moral panic of grown-ups, fearing what their kids are doing on the internet and how it affects them
The real “Momo Challenge” is the terror of parenting in the age of YouTube. Here's the truth of what we know.
Agents and producers working on streaming projects for Apple complain about how involved and “intrusive” execs, including Tim Cook, have been, leading to delays
Apple's push into Hollywood is off to a rough start — thanks in part to “intrusive” tech executives, including Tim Cook, The Post has learned.
For the first time since at least Q1 2016, “Hardware” is not the most in-demand hiring category at Apple, being eclipsed by “Software and Services”
Apple ($NASDAQ:AAPL) started as a hardware company. Its first product was a kit: a box of hardware that customers had to assemble on their own.
Luminary, a subscription-based podcasting app, has just emerged from stealth with $100M in funding and shows from Conan O'Brien, Lena Dunham, and more
LOS ANGELES — Patti LuPone as a bebop-singing junkie nun in John Cameron Mitchell's musical follow-up to “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.”
Google discloses a “high severity” security flaw in macOS kernel after privately reporting the flaw to Apple in November 2018; no patch available yet
Google's Project Zero team is well-known for its knack of finding security flaws in the company's own products as well as those manufactured by other firms.
Coinbase exec says they felt compelled to buy Neutrino quickly to bring blockchain analytics in-house, because Coinbase's vendors were selling its clients' data
In an alarming interview on Cheddar, Coinbase Director of Institutional Sales, Christine Sandler, suggested …
How Facebook's cryptocurrency may succeed: a blockchain for instantaneous international remittances which can be easily converted into mobile money like M-Pesa
If Bloomberg and the New York Times are to be believed, later this year Facebook will introduce a cryptocurrency which will allow WhatsApp users to send money instantly.
Pinterest expands personalized shopping recommendations, makes tools, like Catalogs which allows merchants to upload their entire catalog, generally available
Pinterest today introduced a series of new tools to help merchants sell their products, including Catalogs …
Super League Gaming, which hosts amateur esports competitions, priced its IPO at $11/share and raised $25M on Feb. 25, but its stock closed at $8.99 on Friday
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat :
Tristan O'Tierney, a Square co-founder who created the company's first mobile app, dies at age 35 from causes likely related to addiction
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McAfee shares findings from a government-provided command server used by N. Korean-linked Lazarus hackers to run “Sharpshooter” malware campaign from Sept. 2017
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Leaked Facebook memo describes company's lobbying efforts in 2012 and 2013 against a proposed European data directive which later became GDPR, more
some of this is not actually new news & was in the public domain two years ago (2017) thanks to my Irish journo colleagues at the Irish Independent. It made top of the news here at the time: http://ww...
Microsoft says it will start offering quantum computing via Azure, debuts Microsoft Quantum Network, a network of partners collaborating on quantum innovations
but the Microsoft Quantum Network is all grown up, fostered by developers, researchers and startups. #startup https://www.geekwire.com/... pic.twitter.com/tdx2WL0JHS Robert Kainamura / @rwandarob : p...
Researcher finds a server exposed online with 364M Chinese chat logs, including identity card numbers, addresses, and social media profiles
Yuan Yang / Financial Times : Tweets: @yuanfenyang and @yuanfenyang Tweets: Yuan Yang / @yuanfenyang : 3/ Many of the logs appeared to be of everyday conversations between Chinese millennials, revolv...
In 2018, the number of Airbnb listings grew 106% in China and 52% in India, while the number of guests grew 131% in China and 65% in India
Skift : Tweets: @chrislehane Tweets: Chris Lehane / @chrislehane : “There are now more than one million listings in Asia-Pacific.” @Airbnb Has Big Plans for China and India - @skift http://skift.com/...
After four years and $2B+ in funding, OneWeb's first six satellites have launched, as part of a planned constellation of 650 to provide global internet access
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Warner Music's lawsuit against Spotify in India underscores music labels' worry over music streaming services doing more direct deals with artists in the future
Peter Kafka / Recode : Tweets: @voxdotcom Tweets: @voxdotcom : It's not uncommon for the big music labels to have contentious negotiations with the big tech companies that stream their songs. But a f...
Light, which has been known for its 16-lens DSLR rival, unveiled partnerships with Nokia, Sony, and Xiaomi at MWC, with the 5-camera Nokia 9 featuring its tech
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Sources: Rakuten, which owns a 13% stake in Lyft, made the investment in 2015 after data from its consumer purchase tracker Slice showed Lyft was undervalued
Ari Levy / CNBC : Tweets: @r0unak , @jonorcutt , @mdudas , @mattrosoff , @ranimolla , and @joshelman Tweets: Rounak Jain / @r0unak : Rakuten invested in Lyft after they found the company was underval...
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